| rdfs:comment | - Colleen Gulick, 21, in 2012 University of Maryland Major: Bioengineering Gulick doesn’t have just one or two medals to display on her walls. She has 171—not to mention the 47 trophies on shelves and in boxes. The all-star athlete from Spring City, Pennsylvania, has competed in track and field, soccer, ice hockey, and lacrosse, and is a starting player on her NCAA Division I field hockey team at the University of Maryland. Where you’ll find her in 20 years: Polishing her 2016 Olympic gold for track cycling and, after that, “working as an orthopedic surgeon, treating other Olympians,” she says.
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| abstract | - Colleen Gulick, 21, in 2012 University of Maryland Major: Bioengineering Gulick doesn’t have just one or two medals to display on her walls. She has 171—not to mention the 47 trophies on shelves and in boxes. The all-star athlete from Spring City, Pennsylvania, has competed in track and field, soccer, ice hockey, and lacrosse, and is a starting player on her NCAA Division I field hockey team at the University of Maryland. But her favorite sport? Cycling. The 5’4” junior is the only woman in the U.S. ever to medal in a men’s cycling race. Currently she is ranked sixth in the nation for female cyclists in her age group (20 to 29), is a three-time national champion and 30-time national medalist, and holds the record for the most medals won in a single national championship (she took home eight). Oh, and she’s a star student too: At 16, she was the youngest person ever recruited by the University of Maryland’s honors program. Where you’ll find her in 20 years: Polishing her 2016 Olympic gold for track cycling and, after that, “working as an orthopedic surgeon, treating other Olympians,” she says.
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